I caught a 9+lb bass on 6lb test and my cousin caught 23lb carp on 5lb test

I once caught a 10 lb. striper on 6# mono and my BPS Micro-Lite ultra light rod using a 1/8 oz. jig with a 2" black twister tail grub. Her first run took nearly half of the line off of my reel. Fortunately, there wasn't any brush of timber around, just open water along a rock bank.

Tom

Caught the LMB in my avatar on 6lb trilene mono, also caught a 3 foot long shovel head with 4lb test, actually I hooked it in a fin, so technically that did not count.